Bag holder



Pril14, 1925. I

J. QHERMAN ET AL BAG HOLDER iled June 9 1924 IN VEN TOR JO HEFMAIV) WITNESSES A TTORNE YS Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

- UNITED 's'rares PATENT omen.

JOHN O. HERMIAN AND EUGENE E. HERMAN, OF DILLSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG HOLDER. 7

Application filed June 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN O. Hanna): and EUGENE H. HERMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Dillsburg, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Bag Holders, of which the follow: ing is a specification.

This invention relates to bag holders especially adapted or temporarily supporting grain sacks and the like while the same are being filled.

An important object of this invention is to provide a bag holder having simple means whereby a bag may be held ina fully open position during the filling thereof and quickly detached when the same has been filled.

A further object is to provide a bag holder having simple means whereby the bag may be quickly and securely engaged so that the same cannot accidentally drop from the holder. 7

A further object is to provide a bag holder which is simple to use, durable in use and cheap to manufacture.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective of the improved bag holder.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the same, the bag engaging members and the bag being shown in section.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a base upon which a standard 6 is secured bymeans of an attaching member 7 Fig. 1 illustrates that a second standard 8 is pivoted as indicated at 9 to a pair of apertured ears 10 forming a part of an attaching member designated by the numeral 11. It is thus seen that. the pivoted standard 8 is free to be swung toward and away from the fixed or stationary standard 6.

The upper portions of the standards 6 and 8 are slidably extended through sleeves 14. and fastening pins 15 may be extended through the sleeves and through openings 16 in the standards to hold the sleeves in an adjusted position.

In carrying out the invention each sleeve is formed from a single blank of metal bent into the form of a U and having'its ends 1924;. Serial No. 718,896.

riveted or otherwise secured to the lower portion of a connecting strip 18. The upper portion of the connecting strip 18 is" pending branch 20 is bifurcated and enlarged to define a shoulder over which the bag 24; is extended. When the longitudinally curved bag engaging strip or member 21 is engaged with the sidev of the bag the shoulder at the terminal portion of the branch 19 has engagement with the upper portion of the bag so that the bag cannot drop. This securely and positively connects the bag to the several holders.

The shoulder or enlargement formedat the terminal portion of each depending branch 20 by bifurcating the same causes the bag to be securely and positively supported and allows the bag engaging members 21 to be perfectly free of teeth or other bag penetrating members. Therefore the bag is not torn or formed with large holes which i would allow the escape of the grain or the like.

The pivoted standard 8 is urged out-o wardly by means of a stout helical spring 26 connected at its'upper end as indicated at 27 to the standard and atits lower end as indicated at 28 to the base.

To engage the bag with the bag holding members 21 it is merely necessary to force the standard .8 inwardlyinto approximately parallel relation'to the standard 6 and the bag is then engaged with the outer surfaces of the bag holdingmembers 21 as illustrated in Fig. 2. Theshoulders are formed at the terminal portions of the depending branches 2O securely engages the bag and prevents the same from slipping off the holdingstrips2l. When the standard 8 is released the stout helical spring 26 will urge the standard 8 outwardly so that the bag is prevented from slipping. i

The construction described not onlyallows the use ofthe device without the possibility of forming holes in the bag or .tear ing the bag, but also provides a convenient. means whereby the bagmay be securely and quickly engaged.

It Will be seen that the spring 26 is rather stout and consequently supports the standard 8 in an inclined position and therefore the standard may be quickly brought into parallel relation with the standard G when it is desired to engage a bag;

Having thus described the invention, what tions of which are formed with return inect'ed bends defining branches, longitudinally curved smoothbag engaging'members conintermediate their ends to branches the terminal portions of said branches being enlarged to define shoulders adapted for engagement with the 'bag'when the bag is flatly engaged with the outer surfaces of said longitudinally curvedmemhers, and springrneans to urge'the pivoted standard outwardly. r

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures. Y

I JOHN O; HERIEAN.

EUGENE H. HERMAN,

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